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As GDPR Entrenches, Some Regulators Seek Exemptions

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Just a few weeks in, the data privacy law that has just taken root in the European Union already has some regulators seeking exemptions around the globe. Pertaining to investigations, the regulation – which took effect on May 25 – places restrictions on the data that can be shared internationally in the “public interest.”

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Report: FinCEN Files Reveal Billions In Suspicious Money Flows

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“Some of these people in those crisp white shirts in their sharp suits are feeding off the tragedy of people dying all over the world,” Martin Woods, a former investigator for Wachovia, the North Carolina-based financial services company that was acquired by Wells Fargo & Co., told the news outlet.

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State AGs To Press Own Case Against Google

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The states leading the probe include Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah. Google is also facing a Chinese antitrust probe into whether Google took advantage of its hold over the Android mobile operating system in order to stifle competition. 15) blog. .

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Latest DOJ redlining settlement offers warning about M&A

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ran into trouble in connection with North Carolina operations it acquired from Yadkin Financial in 2017. First National Bank of Pennsylvania, a unit of FNB Corp.,

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Food In Flight: Delivering Mobile Orders By Drone

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That’s a problem that drone delivery company Flytrex is aiming to solve in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The data we’re providing [the FAA will] allow what we’re doing in North Carolina to be possible throughout [the] whole country,” Yap said. We’re at the leading edge.”.

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Uber May Be Gearing Up For Drone-Delivered ‘Flying Burgers’

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In a job posting, the company noted that it wanted to make delivery drones work by 2019 at the earliest, and have the drones operational in some markets when 2021 rolls around. For starters, rules for operating vehicles out of the vision of ground operators need to be devised by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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Drone Company Flytrex Secures $7.5 Million

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The money, according to company CEO and Co-founder Yariv Bash, will be utilized to beef up operations and make improvements to the company’s drone services. Flytrex also has plans to expand into North Carolina. However, some people are trying to change those regulations.